Watch: Rape Survivor Stands Up At Obama’s Town Hall And Hits Him With A Message He Didn’t Expect

In the wake of a gun-control-themed town hall event featuring President Barack Obama, many Second Amendment advocates rallied around Taya Kyle – the widow of Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle – for her vocal opposition of the White House’s stance on the issue. There was another woman in the audience, however, whose personal story has also attracted the attention of sympathetic Americans.

Introduced by CNN moderator Anderson Cooper, Kimberly Corban addressed Obama directly about her experience as a college student nearly a decade ago.

“As a survivor of rape and now a mother to two small children,” she said, “it seems like being able to purchase a firearm of my choosing and being able to carry that wherever me and my family are, it seems like my basic responsibility as a parent at this point.”

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After being “unspeakably victimized” by an assailant who broke into her apartment to attack her, she declared: “I refuse to let that happen again to myself or my kids.”

Corban referred to “restrictions” she believes the Obama administration has enacted, making it harder to obtain a gun and “actually just making my kids and I less safe.”

Obama responded by challenging her perception of his recently announced executive action on gun control. Asserting that his administration has not done anything to make it more difficult for any law-abiding American to obtain a firearm “if you need one,” he segued into his allegation that guns are more often used to harm than help the owner.

“What is true is that you have to be pretty well-trained in order to fire a weapon against somebody who is assaulting you and catches you by surprise,” he said. “What is also true is always that possibility that a firearm in the home leads to a tragic accident.”